Openly Carrying Guns Can Be Unwise, Even When It’s Legal
To Dblade, #60:
“Nice to see a more balanced approach. The problem with open carry is that we have no idea if you are a nut or a robber, and are going to use that gun on us.”
Sir, are you under the misapprehension that this is a problem solely for O.C.? Allow me to demonstrate one of the most glaring contradictions to your claim.
Daily, we are surrounded by people with objects capable of being used as deadly weapons. Knifes, clubs, cables, ropes, flammables… The most obvious being cars. Thousands of times the kinetic energy of a bullet, capable of more destruction and yet every day you trust that your fellow citizens will not kill or maim you in your travels. A frequently misplaced trust, as cars kill and injure many more people than guns every year. Yet we allow them to be driven openly by people who are at best poorly trained and NEVER screened for psychological stability prior to licencing. Seldom used purposefully as weapons, yet whenever they are, we express the most illogical shock and outrage.
Our society of freedom is based on trust. We must trust that the great majority will not abuse their freedoms and, wonder of wonders, it tends to be a self-fulfilling endevour. By your accusations, you demonstrate that you lack this trust and wish to abridge those freedoms of the majority because of the abuses of a tiny minority.
How dare you, sir.
